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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 7:31 PM CST for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2016, 7:31 PM CST (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1:25 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Lake Village, AR | WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS ONGOING IN THE CITY DUE TO RISING FLOOD WATER. SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED. |
| Mar 10, 1:35 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Dermott, AR | SEVERAL EVACUATIONS AND WATER RESCUES ONGOING ACROSS THE CITY. ALL ROADS IN THE CITY UNDER WATER. |
| Mar 10, 1:39 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Crossett, AR | NUMEROUS ROADS AROUND THE COUNTY ARE EITHER UNDERWATER OR WASHED OUT. HWY 133 NORTH AND 425 SOUTH NEAR THE LOUISIANA STATE LINE ARE CLOSED. EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENCES HAVE OCCURRED IN BOTH CROSSETT AND PARKDALE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted.
225
WGUS54 KJAN 100131
FFWJAN
ARC003-017-100730-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0018.160310T0131Z-160310T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
731 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 130 AM CST
* AT 730 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CROSSETT...HAMBURG...LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA...WILMOT...
NORTH CROSSETT...WEST CROSSETT...PORTLAND...MONTROSE...PARKDALE...
FOUNTAIN HILL...BERLIN...MCMILLAN CORNER...OLD MILO...SNYDER AND
CHICOT JUNCTION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. MOST ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTIES ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO
FLOODING. THERE HAVE BEEN EVACUATIONS OF HOMES ACROSS DERMOTT AND
OTHER TOWNS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 9213 3331 9198 3338 9196 3340 9199
3339 9146 3354 9144 3353 9124 3342 9124
3343 9114 3338 9122 3336 9113 3340 9110
3328 9115 3323 9107 3313 9110 3314 9119
3311 9121 3300 9117 3301 9206 3307 9213
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 6:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 23 min |
| Mar 9, 10:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 1:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.